Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 3:39 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2000, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marengo County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Demopolis, AL | A radio station in the community estimated thunderstorm winds of 55 to 60 mph. |
| Jul 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Demopolis, AL | Trees were reported down in the community, and a store in the community received roof damage as a result of high thunderstorm winds. Two people received minor injuries at the store. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 202040 SVRMOB ALC091-202115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 339 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARENGO COUNTY IN ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEMOPOLIS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF DEMOPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH... DEMOPOLIS BY 350 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.